δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
ἀναβλαστάνω, ἀνθέω, θηλέω, θαλέω, ἐξανθέω, ἐαρίζω, θαλέθω, ἐπανθέω, βρύω